I know it sounds like hyperbole but the thought really does make me want to cry, especially as he's ramped up so effectively in recent months.
Exactly.
And what pisses me off is the calculation that you implicitly state, that by not reacting now the Democrats know they are "safe" because the ire is pointed somewhere else. It pisses me off because I recognize the same impulses in myself. I didn't think Canada was in danger when the ire was on Mexicans and Haitians and Muslims. Just like they don't see the danger now.
But when the barrel is pointed at you, you see more clearly. We are today, and the cowering Democrats are next. The longer they wait, the harder it will get -- but that's how divide and conquer works. The groups all accept the evils being done to the current group to buy their own safety, and they get picked off one by one.
And as you say -- in Canada we have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to break this cycle here. We see what's coming now, and we won't break.
You do realize what you're saying, right?
You're saying it would be a tragedy of optics to try to stop a dictator from seizing power. That if democrats do nothing they can avoid being targeted in the short term, while Trump chases after others.
Yes. This specific attitude is what I'm furious about. And I'm going to work my damnedest to stop it happening here in my country.
I have the utmost sympathy and care for democrats and independents who tried and failed. I can't tell them how to feel, but I'd feel scared and helpless.
Republican voters got them elected, Democrats are standing by doing nothing as their country is ruined.
There are no attempts to secede, there are no wide-scale protests or strikes. Their democracy falls while they sit back and fret, laughing along with Jon Stewart and smug in their knowledge they are better that Republicans. For all their much-touted "second amendment" they are idle as a tyrant solidifies power.
I do blame Republican for their actions. But I blame Democrats for their inaction. I'm furious because what I see in them I recognize in myself -- it's a challenge for me to not be complacent and fight for my own country. Because if we coast like they do, we will suffer the same fate.
You’re goddamn right I’m furious.
And no less furious at the weak-kneed Democrats who do nothing as their own country is ripped from them by a clown. “Oh sorry; we’ll try again in 4 years” they say. Fuck your thoughts and prayers, how about do something. You won’t get a free election in 4 years, dummies.
Oh yeah, I realize you’re super busy and with your sportsball games and your reality TV marathons. Your inaction today will haunt your future.
And no this isn’t a call to action or a cry for help. We’re going to be just fine. You’re the ones who have to live there, and live with yourselves knowing you did nothing.
What can we do with the money instead?
We could create a cross-trained National Corps who would be skilled in guerrilla-style defensive warfare, and also in providing peacetime support to help deal with climate crisis and building out infrastructure. These corps could be deployed domestically and to support our allies in times of their crises.
Or we could build domestic manufacturing to build the types of equipment we need to defend ourselves. With the integrated automotive industry in desperate peril, can we re-tool the facilities and retrain the people to make what we need?
Or we could shore up support with our European and other worldwide allies and buy equipment from them.
Yes, Canada has invested money and resources into the F35 project and that money will be wasted if we abandon it.
But let’s not throw good money after bad. In economic terms, the money we’ve spent is called a “sunk cost” - meaning that it’s gone. We shouldn’t consider that lost money when deciding what we need to do in the future.
Our country’s defence does not require astronomically expensive fighter jets. And we certainly cannot rely on a country who is threatening to conquer us to supply us the tools to defend ourselves.
I have been using this since you suggested it and it’s improved my experience here remarkably.
Thanks again.
Yup.
Read the news: they aren’t giving Canadians special treatment any longer. The awful way they’ve treated visitors from the rest of the world for decades is how they treat us now.
They don’t want us there. If you make a mistake they will literally put you in chains and detain you for weeks.
Just don’t go.
Absolutely agree.
I’m just trying to stress that it’s important to have even the people we vehemently disagree with allied with us on the issue of sovereignty. The last thing we want is more MAGA like Danielle Smith or lil PP getting power.
Because whether we like it or not, someday the right will get in power. In BC we were incredibly close, and the federal polls are currently looking tight. So I want to encourage the pro-Canadian elements in our right flank even if I don’t prefer them to take power
“Our most challenging category to mitigate the threat of retaliatory tariffs is produce where in Canada, in the winter, we do not always have viable alternatives,”
I know it won’t happen overnight but let’s get some Mexican produce lined up for next winter. They are being hit by tariffs too.
And it’s also time for more hothouse produce. Stop exporting our energy to the enemy and use it here to feed ourselves.
I’m giving that a try now, appreciate the tip
Ugh sorry I’m still new to Lemmy.
Limiting subsidies to Tesla does not imply help to China.
My EV is Korean, and there are other great options from all over the world.
I really don’t want to give Loblaws the benefit of the doubt because they absolutely have not earned it.
But also, there’s a solid logic in telling people which items are affected and to explain why the prices went up. I want to know what items went up so I can avoid them — I try to check labels but having this is helpful not harmful.
I’m not going to pretend that Loblaws is doing this to help me, but I’m not going to fight it either.
They may be lying to you and themselves because it can be hard to accept that they were wrong. This is just an aspect of human behaviour. Perhaps in her mind she always had doubts about Comrade Spraytan but never expressed those because of partisanship, and so the pro-Trump messages she expressed before didn’t register as strongly to her as they did to you.
Memory is a weird thing, and we all have issues like this. For me, I remember now that Telsa has always been a shitty car company. However also I tried to convince my wife to buy one in 2018. So the part of my memory that remembers that I always knew their build quality sucked got muddled and overemphasized in my recollection even if it was always there. (Thank gourd I didn’t buy one)
You can still acknowledge the truth but spin it in a positive way. The most important thing is that now they are on our side, helping to defend and protect our country. I’d try to congratulate and support her journey, and contrast what she’s saying now what with she said then in a positive and supportive way.
We need more conservatives on our side, supporting Canada and not MAGA.
Check out “station eleven” — a show set in a post-apocalyptic world but isn’t like any show you’ve ever watched in any genre. Only one season long and doesn’t end on a cliffhanger or anything, just a nice contained story
Hell yes. Keep building until the prices go down.